A year ago, the Holy Name Blue Jays walked off Wenger Field holding the District 3 Class A championship trophy and believing they could do it again in 2008.

Those hopes didn’t look very promising early this season when they were 2-3 and ace left-hander Matt Magrann was battling elbow tendinitis and control issues.

Holy Name, though, found a way to mesh again in the district playoffs and walked off the same field Thursday night with their second straight title after an 11-4 win over Camp Hill.

The Blue Jays (14-8) will open the PIAA playoffs against District 2 champion Old Forge Monday at a site and time to be determined.

“We had a lot of question marks in the beginning of the year,” Blue Jays coach Tom Frees said. “It’s been a roller coaster type season.

“With our kids being here last year, the second season was our main goal. We believed in ourselves that we could get here. They never hung their heads. They kept battling and we got on a nice little roll.”

Magrann, Mark Yost and Fred Caruso each drove in two runs and Nick Riegel, a transfer from Central Catholic, reached base six times with an infield single and five walks.

“Coach told me to be patient and wait for my pitch,” Riegel said. “I really didn’t see it much the whole game. I walked five times. I don’t think I’ve ever done that before.”

Three Camp Hill pitchers walked a mind-boggling 15 batters, throwing more balls than strikes. Starter Mike Frankenfield threw 94 pitches and left after the third inning.

Holy Name left 17 on base, or the game might have ended earlier.

“A hit here or there would have opened things up,” Frees said. “We were looking for a fastball in our zone. We were not going to chase curveballs. We were going to wait for our pitch. We did a nice job with that.”

That was an understatement. Frankenfield hit a batter and walked two others as the Jays took a 4-0 lead in the top of the first and never trailed.

Magrann, who has endured tendinitis and a sprained ankle, walked eight himself. But he also limited the Lions (14-9) to one hit in 42/3 innings and two balls out of the infield.

Like last year, he was the winning pitcher in the title game. This time, though, it was his first victory of the season.

“It feels great to get the win for the team,” Magrann said. “It would have helped if I (had) pounded the strike zone more. I knew I had to win this one or I wouldn’t have forgiven myself. It’s such a great feeling.”

Yost relieved Magrann and picked up the save with 21/3 scoreless innings. He walked one more, making it 24 for the game.

“He’s the perfect guy to bring in at the end of the game,” Frees said. “He calmed things down. He’ll throw strikes, which was very rare today.”

“We all remembered what it felt like last year to win and wanted to do it again,” Magrann said. “We expected to do well in districts. This is our last season together. We really felt like we could do it again.”